> Maybe there's value to be realized by letting individual teams have influence over their business processes while still using a centrally organized system Th

> Maybe there's value to be realized by letting individual teams have influence over their business processes while still using a centrally organized system This is absolutely one of the core reasons cited by large orgs that purchase these solutions. And it's part of the sales motion from these vendors. When Bob in Finance needs to simplify one of his monthly close processes, he's not likely to get any traction asking for a new greenfield internal business app. But if his company has an investment in of of these platforms (like ServiceNow, SalesForce, Mendix, etc), it's possible that his team can take it upon themselves to solve their problem without having to get "real" dev teams involved. This brings issues along with it for sure: governance, quality, and as you mention: lock-in. But quite a few of these departmental apps become quite useful/popular, and enable teams to innovate on their own. I do worry about the future (~5-10 years down the road) when the proliferation of these apps becomes a problem of its own, at which point I fully expect to see a slew of new startups claiming to solve this problem. The better vendors in this space are already baking "governance, scalability, CICD..." into their products for this reason.